GOP Advances President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” in Late Night House Budget Committee Vote

[Hol]

The passage of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” by the House Budget Committeemarked a significant, albeit contentious triumph for Republicans pushing the president's legislative agenda forward. After intense negotiations and concessions to fiscal conservatives over the weekend, the bill advanced with a 17-16 vote during a late Sunday night meeting. The four representatives who had initially blocked the bill by voting against it, Reps. Chip Roy, Ralph Norman, Josh Brecheen, and Andrew Clyde, switched their stance to 'present,' assisting in surpassing the procedural blockade. However, the move forward suggests an ongoing struggle, as conservatives seek greater cuts to Medicaid and changes to clean energy policies while moderates demand preserving state and local tax deductions ('SALT').

The bill is designed to extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanently, remove taxes on tips and overtime pay, and implement new measures such as an increased tax deduction for seniors. Additional funding provisions emphasize border security and defense, such as constructing a wall along the US-Mexico border and funding Trump's space-based missile defense system. Notably, the bill introduces requirements like a mandated 80-hour-per-month work requirement for Medicaid recipients and extends work conditions for SNAP beneficiaries up to the age of 64.

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[mattfivefour]

This was just the committee. Now it has to pass the House. And then the Senate. It's a long way from appearing on President Trump's desk.

 

[Tall Timbers]

I hope the bill isn't stuffed with pork...

 

[Margery]

I hope the bill isn't stuffed with pork...

I prefer a seafood stuffing although pork when seasoned well and ground fine enough, is acceptable.

 

[Tall Timbers]

I just don't think Congress has passed a bill in the last whole lotta years that wasn't stuffed with pork... not sure they know how to pass a bill without doing that...

I can see them scratching there heads even now..."Why is this bill only 10 pages? Is is even finished? Where's the other 1400 pages? Can we actually read this one and know what's in it before we vote on it?"

 

[Andy C]

The bill passed the House overnight.

Im sure the Senate will want to make a few changes, so the final bill still has a few hurdles to pass before it lands on Trumps desk.

 

[Andy C]

I hope the bill isn't stuffed with pork...

All final bills have too much pork. Pork is what causes some holdouts to vote yes. What amazes me is most of the pork on any bill has nothing to do with the actual bill.

 

[Tall Timbers]

I guess the no tax on social security got dropped from the bill.